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Delmarva Today 1-17-25 Salisbury University Gets Financial Boost for Proposed Arts Center

Housing and Community Development Secretary Jake Day Presenting $2 Million Check for Salisbury University's Proposed Arts Center. From left: Dr. Laurie Couch, SU provost and senior vice president of academic affairs; Salisbury City Council member Sharon Dashiell; Wicomico County Council member Jeff Merritt; Salisbury City Council President D'Shawn Doughty; Wicomico County Executive Julie Giordano; Maryland Secretary of Housing and Community Development Jake Day; SU President Carolyn Ringer Lepre; Dr. Maarten Pereboom, dean of SU's Charles R. and Martha N. Fulton School of Science and Technology; Salisbury Mayor Randy Taylor; Greater Salisbury Committee President and CEO Mike Dunn; and Wicomico Public Library Executive Director Seth Hershberger.
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Housing and Community Development Secretary Jake Day Presenting $2 Million Check for Salisbury University's Proposed Arts Center.

Salisbury University's proposed downtown arts center gets a $2 million check from the state of Maryland for planning and construction. Host Don Rush talks with Martin Pereboom, dean of the Fulton School of Liberal Arts, about the funding and the role the facility will play in the development of downtown Salisbury.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.